Austria

Recent Bishop Events

Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
25 Feb 2007	39.7	Ordained Bishop	Anton Leichtfried	Titular Bishop of Rufiniana	Auxiliary Bishop of Sankt Pölten
6 Mar 2008	76.3	Retired	Helmut Krätzl	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
	43.7	Appointed	Stephan Turnovszky	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
	43.7	Appointed	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
12 May 2008	43.8	Ordained Bishop	Stephan Turnovszky	Titular Bishop of Ancusa	Auxiliary Bishop of Wien {Vienna}
14 Jan 2009	75.6	Retired	Edmond Y. Farhat †	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus
14 Jan 2009	65.3	Appointed	Peter Stephan Zurbriggen	Apostolic Nuncio to Austria
29 Jan 2009	75.0	Retired	Kassian (Otto) Lauterer, O. Cist.	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau	Abbot Emeritus
31 Jan 2009	54.5	Appointed	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Auxiliary Bishop of Linz	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
31 Jan 2009	54.5	Appointed	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Linz
18 Feb 2009	38.4	Confirmed	Anselm van der Linde, O. Cist.	Abbot of Wettingen-Mehrerau
2 Mar 2009	54.6	Resigned	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Auxiliary Bishop of Linz	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
2 Mar 2009	54.6	Resigned	Gerhard Maria Wagner	Titular Bishop of Zuri	Former Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Linz
9 Jul 2010	75.4	Retired	Paul Iby	Bishop of Eisenstadt	Bishop Emeritus
9 Jul 2010	47.2	Appointed	Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics	Bishop of Eisenstadt
20 Sep 2010	86.1	Died	Jakob Mayr †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Salzburg
25 Sep 2010	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Ägidius Johann Zsifkovics	Bishop of Eisenstadt
15 Nov 2011	75.1	Retired	Elmar Fischer	Bishop of Feldkirch	Bishop Emeritus
16 Nov 2011	51.0	Appointed	Benno Elbs	Administrator of Feldkirch	Bishop
29 Jan 2013	91.1	Died	Reinhold Stecher †	Bishop Emeritus of Innsbruck
8 May 2013	52.5	Appointed	Benno Elbs	Bishop of Feldkirch
30 Jun 2013	52.7	Ordained Bishop	Benno Elbs	Bishop of Feldkirch
4 Nov 2013	76.4	Retired	Alois Kothgasser, S.D.B.	Archbishop of Salzburg	Archbishop Emeritus
18 Nov 2013	57.3	Appointed	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Salzburg
12 Jan 2014	57.4	Installed	Franz Lackner, O.F.M.	Archbishop of Salzburg
25 Jan 2014	77.5	Died	Kurt Krenn †	Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten
1 Jun 2014	85.0	Died	Heinrich Fasching †	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Sankt Pölten
28 Jan 2015	79.0	Retired	Egon Kapellari	Bishop of Graz-Seckau	Bishop Emeritus
16 Apr 2015	61.4	Appointed	Werner Freistetter	Bishop of Austria, Military
	52.1	Appointed	Wilhelm Krautwaschl	Bishop of Graz-Seckau
	71.3	Resigned	Christian Werner	Bishop of Austria, Military	Bishop Emeritus
11 Jun 2015	61.6	Ordained Bishop	Werner Freistetter	Bishop of Austria, Military
14 Jun 2015	52.2	Ordained Bishop	Wilhelm Krautwaschl	Bishop of Graz-Seckau
19 Sep 2015	87.5	Died	Georg Eder †	Archbishop Emeritus of Salzburg
18 Nov 2015	60.2	Appointed	Manfred Scheuer	Bishop of Linz
18 Nov 2015	75.4	Retired	Ludwig Schwarz, S.D.B.	Bishop of Linz	Bishop Emeritus
17 Dec 2016	83.5	Died	Edmond Y. Farhat †	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Austria
31 May 2017	65.1	Appointed	Hansjörg Hofer	Auxiliary Bishop of Salzburg	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect
31 May 2017	65.1	Appointed	Hansjörg Hofer	Titular Bishop of Abziri	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Salzburg
9 Jul 2017	65.2	Ordained Bishop	Hansjörg Hofer	Titular Bishop of Abziri	Auxiliary Bishop-Elect of Salzburg

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